Sweet Pea

Hello!  How is everyone?  Things are moving along over here.  I've been working on a lap quilt for myself.  I just love Heather Mulder Peterson's fabrics.  The colors and designs on her fabrics just suit me.  When I saw the pattern Sweet Pea and the fabrics used on the cover, I knew I needed it all.

Then I packed it away for a "someday I'll work on it" project.  Well, that some day is this week.  I busted it out and did all my cutting last week.  Now I'm putting blocks together has they are laid out on the pattern cover.

Opps!  Missed one there.

So that's what I've been up to on the sewing front.

Over the holiday weekend, my husband and I went away for overnight stay at a B&B in New Hampshire.  It was nice to get away, just he and I.  Of course he indulged me with some fabric shopping while I let him stop a few times to look at rusty old steel (tractors and construction equipment) so it was a win-win for both of us.

First place we stopped at was New England Fabrics in Keene, NH.  They have garment fabric, home dec and upholstery fabrics and quilitng.  Friendly employees as well.  Not a whole lot of quilting fabric but I did find some things that came home with me.  And I forgot to check their clearance section!

I'm not 100% sure what I'm going to do with the fabric and now that I'm home, I wished I bought enough yardage of the Michael Miller flowered fabric (the dark gray) for pillowcases.  SHOOT!  I'll just have to hunt it down online.

On our way home on Sunday, we stopped at another shop.  The Norton House in Wilmington, VT.  A "Quilter's Paradise" it is not.  I was disappointed in that shop.  One being the fabric selection; I did find some nice patriotic fabric that I could use for something.  The other thing was the customer service or lack there of.  I walked in and saw two employees.  One sitting at a desk in an office but with the door open.  Another straightening shelves.  BOTH of them made eye contact with me more than once and neither one of them greeted me or asked if they can help me find a particular fabric.  I walked back to the patriotic fabric that I spotted and went to grab the bolts but I told my husband "forget it.  No one has even greeted me.  I'm not spending my money here." And we left.  Bummed me out because then I could have spent a bit more money at the store in New Hampshire!

The hot and muggy weather has left us for a while.  Today is cool, breezy and just awesome outside.  I may just have to go out there and enjoy it!

Have a great day!
Jen